Guthrie Center Main Street Accomplished A Lot In 2014
Guthrie Center Main Street had its fifth meeting with representatives from Main Street Iowa to go over its accomplishments from this year and set goals for 2015.
Program Director Julie Bailey says the meeting went well and believes they have accomplished many things through their first year as a Main Street program.
She states that the economic restructuring committee has established a database of all the buildings and businesses in the City and the organizational committee has collected 94% of its pledges for the year for its three-year fund drive.
The bulk of the accomplishments have come from the promotions committee which worked with the Guthrie Center Chamber during this past summer’s sidewalk sale and they sold cinnamon rolls during the county fair parade. Bailey talks about a project next May that the promotions committee is working on.
“Community festival on May 1st of 2015 because it happens to be Guthrie Center’s Zip Code Day. The zip code for Guthrie (Center) is 50115 and that translates to May 1st, 2015.”
As for the design committee, they’ve helped with the downtown area planters and are working on new design standards for businesses.
Bailey is excited for what Guthrie Center Main Street can accomplish for 2015.
Comedian To Be Featured At Warren Cultural Center Tonight
The Warren Cultural Center in Greenfield is starting to get busier in the fall with a variety of shows and performances.
From last month’s chamber orchestra performance by the University of Iowa, the cultural center will host comedian Taylor Mason tonight.
Executive Director Ken Sidey says Mason is a previous winner of the classic television show Star Search and has since been in a variety of venues. He’s appeared on stages in Chicago and New York City and continuously does his act on Disney cruise ships.
Mason’s show features ventriloquism, music and stand-up comedy that is family-friendly entertainment. The show will be at 7pm.
Sidey points out that tonight’s performance is the second of their Premier Performance Series which bring nationally touring talent to the cultural center. All tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the door.
Local Hospitals to Participate in Healthiest State Walk
The Guthrie County Hospital Clinics and Adair County Health System are participating in the Iowa Healthiest State Walk next week and all are invited to attend.
The Healthiest State Initiative is a privately led public initiative that aims to inspire Iowans and communities to improve their health and happiness. The goal is to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation by 2016. Last year, we were ranked 10th, which is an improvement from 19thwhen the initiative was started.
The Healthiest State Walk is an approximately 10 block, or roughly 12 minute walk in communities across the state. Stuart’s event will take place starting at the Fremont Theatre at 12:15pm Wednesday, October 8th.
Free snacks and bottled water will be available for participants.
Those planning to participate are encouraged to pledge online that they will be attending. You can do so at www.IowaHeathiestState.com
Six Candidates Up for Five Extension Council Positions
In addition to choosing who will make decisions on the city, county, state and national level on November 4th, Guthrie County residents will also select who will make decisions for the local extension and outreach office.
Five members will be elected to the Guthrie County Extension Council from a slate of six candidates.
Among them are Jim Calvert of Guthrie Center, Jim Clark of Audubon, Sheree McClellan of Guthrie Center, Bill Messinger of Menlo, Mike Thomas of Guthrie Center and Erick Tunick of Adair.
Those elected to serve will take office in January and be responsible for making policy, programming and budget decisions for the office.
If you have questions, contact the Guthrie County Extension office at 641-747-2276.